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A criminal investigation is underway after at least a dozen employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed medical files for JD Vance and Tim Walz.

A breach involving records of the Republican and Democratic vice presidential candidates, both military veterans, could amount to violations of federal medical privacy laws.

Alex Woodward reports.

As Minnesota Governor Tim Walz prepares to take on Senator JD Vance in tomorrow’s vice presidential debate, The Hill has a little insight into the behind-the-scenes preparations at what has been nick-named “Camp North Star”.

Walz is practicing against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is playing Vance in a “cheap red tie”, and in his downtime, the governor has hiked, had Harbor Springs pizza, and visited a local farm.

The Washington Post reports that at least a dozen employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs have improperly accessed the medical records of both vice presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance.

Department investigators discovered the violation of federal health privacy laws and the matter is now under criminal investigation. They are trying to determine whether the records were shared outside the VA.

Per the Post:

VA officials notified the Vance and Walz campaigns about the breaches after discovering the unauthorized viewing by employees at the agency’s massive health-care arm, the Veterans Health Administration, according to people familiar with the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the ongoing investigation.

VA Inspector General Michael Missal’s office has shared evidence with federal prosecutors on the actions of several employees in the health system, including a physician and a contractor who spent extended time looking at the candidates’ medical files, according to law enforcement officials, raising investigators’ concerns about their motives.

Donald Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Larry Hogan has revealed his shock decision over who he plans to vote for this November – and it turns out he won’t be returning the favor to the former president.

Speaking on CBS News Face the Nation on Sunday, the former Maryland governor said that neither Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris has earned his support in the presidential election.

Rachel Sharp has the story.

Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US.

Speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon, the former president pushed a conspiracy theory that man-made climate change is a myth.

James Liddell reports.

MAGA activists are trying to flip Pennsylvania for Trump by encouraging Republicans to vote by mail — despite the messaging of the former president, Richard Hall reports from Indiana, Pennsylvania

Donald Trump-endorsed Republican senate candidate Larry Hogan has revealed his shock decision around who to vote for in November – and he won’t be returning the favor to the former president.

Speaking on CBS News Face the Nation, the former Maryland governor said on Sunday that neither Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris had earned his support.

“Neither one of the two candidates has earned my vote, and the voters in the country are going to be able to make that decision,” he said.

“I didn’t vote for him in 2016 or 2020 and I’ve made that pretty clear. I’m willing to put country over party, and I’m hoping that the voters will be willing to do the same thing.”